Garment support



Sept. 4, 1923. 1,466,873

F. O. GATES GARMENT SUPPORT Fiied Dec. '17 1921 7 Fa /wn uv 0. Q0755,

patented Sept. 4, 1923.

FRANKLIN O. GATES, OF ST. LOUIS, I'EISSOUBI,

ASSIGNOR TO THE LINRAL COIWPANY,

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

GARMENT SUPPORT.

Application filed December 17, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN O. GATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in garment supporters and has for its objectto provide a supporter for trousers, detach ably secured to the trouser-buttons and to the shirt of the wearer, and conforming to the contour of the wearers body where the garments contact therewith.

Drawings.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention. 7

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. I

Fig. 3 transverse median sectional view of the same.

Description.

The clamps or bite-elements 1 i are formed from the wire 5, which wire 5 has its, terminals upturned as shown in Fig. l. Cinctures 88 and 99 secure said wire to the button engaging members 10-10, these members 10 each having an integral projection (6 and 7), these Iprojections 6 and 7 overlapping as shown in *igs. 2 and 3, the projection thus having a terminal cincture 11, and the projection 7 having the terminal cincture 12, so that said projections 6 and 7 other permitting of an adjustment between the two button engaging members 10-10, the resilient quality of the wire 5 serving to secured to the shirt,

7 wire element contoured have slidable engagement with each signature.

Serial No. 522,965.

Mode of operation.

It will be understood that the supporter is for use inside the trouser-band of the wearer, and the members 10-1O are to engage with buttons on the inner side or face of the trouser-band. Before being secured. to the buttons, the device is secured to the a shirt ofthe wearer by drawing folds of the shirt-body into the bites 4-4e Thus being the engagement of the hooks 10 with the trouser-buttons serves to support the trousers, and to prevent theshirt from working up over the trouserband.

I claim:

In a garment supporter, in combination a a trouser-engaging element secured to said wire element and arranged to engage with buttons on the inner side of the trouser band of the wearer, said trouser-engaging element comprising two button-engaging members each having a projection, and said projections having sliding engagement with each other.

, In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my FRANKLIN O. GATES.

to form a bite, and 

